Telephone attachment.



.w. W. BYTHINER', TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED snfilsflsovl PATENTED MR. 14, 1903.

moved; and Fig. 3 is a side View of lill h lil t WILLIAM W. BYTHINER. OF PHILAllELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TELEZHONE ATTAGm'lZEN '1.

33o. seiner.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 14:, 1908.

Application filed September 5, 1907. Serial No. 391,433.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, WILLiAM W. BYTHINER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pemisylvania', have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Telephone Attachment, of which'the followmg is a specification.

My invention relates to an attachment for telephones and the object of my invention is to provide a device for holdin the plate carrying the number of the telep one, or advertising mat-t and also for holding a lead penoil; a further ob the at. ilv

it may be readone and which can actured at i Y low cost. g to the di F gure 1 13 a perspective View of the biallslillt'llel' of a telephone instrument, sh owing my invention attached thereto; 2 is a front elevation of the attachment with the number plate re- In the drawing 1 represents the transmittar casing of a telephoneinstrinnent, supported on a stand 2. Themouth piece 3 is screwed into the transmitter casing in the usual manner. p

My improved attachment is preferably made a? wire and consists of an eye 4 adapted to encircle the mouth piece; 3. The tire is continued from the'eye 41 in either direction and forms the horizontal base 5, of the frame 6 for holding the number plate 7, which latter is secured to the sides of the frame 6 by bending the metal tabs 8 around the sides of the frame 6. t

The wires from the vertical frame 6 extend over to the back of theti'ansmitter casing l andthe depending portions 9 of the said wires form a spring portion for holding the attachment securely upon the transmitter casing.

The holder for the pencil lOrconsists of a clammember 12', formed of the wire, and locate above th.e number plate frame. The clamp member 12 is provided with slightly my invention is to curved portions 13 to embrace the pencil 1O and hold itin' place When the same is-forced between the coils of the clamp member.

The attachment is formed of one continuone piece of wire, one end oiwhichis secured at the point 14 and the other end at the point 15, thus forming a rigid structure.

.t will be seen that my attaohmentmay be readily placed upon any telephone bysimply removing the mouth piece 3 and inserting the same through the eye 4 of the attachment. The springp'ortion 9 is placed over the transmitter casing to hold the attachment securely in place. A pen or pencil can be held in the clam member and a plate for the telephonenum er, advertising matter or the like may be secured in the vertical frame 6.

Havin thus described In invention I claim-an desire to secure by etterslatent; 1. In an attachment for telephons, the

combination of awire having a circular porcombination of a wire having a circular portion adapted toencircle the transmitter of la telephone, a spring portion formed of said wire to engage the "back of the telephone instrument, a double coil formed in said wire adapted to hold a pencil or the like, vertical members formed in said wire and a number plate adapted tobe secured between said vertical members.

In testimony whereof I have affixedrny signature in presence of two witnesses.

WlLLIAli/I W. BYTHINER.

Witnesses:

M. R. CLEELAND,

T oAMES F. BOYLAN. 

